New York S 6959: Relates to notice requirement of adult care facility closures

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S06959 Summary:

BILL NOS06959A

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SAME ASSAME AS A05998-B

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRBROUK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §461-v, Soc Serv L

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Relates to notice requirement of adult care facility closures.

Go to top S06959 Actions:

BILL NOS06959A

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03/27/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1639

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

02/12/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

02/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 6959A

05/12/20261ST REPORT CAL.1096

05/13/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/29/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A5998B

&nbspA05998 AMEND=B Simon

&nbsp02/25/2025referred to health

&nbsp05/05/2025amend and recommit to health

&nbsp05/05/2025print number 5998a

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to health

&nbsp02/03/2026amend and recommit to health

&nbsp02/03/2026print number 5998b

&nbsp02/11/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/29/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/29/2026reported 

&nbsp05/29/2026rules report cal.262

&nbsp05/29/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.262

&nbsp05/29/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/29/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/29/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

&nbsp05/29/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S6959A

&nbsp05/29/20263RD READING CAL.1096

&nbsp05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/29/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6959--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
 sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notice of adult
 care facility closure requirements

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 461-v to read as follows:
 3 § 461-v. Closure of adult care facilities. 1. In the event that the
 4 department revokes or suspends or intends to revoke or suspend or other-
 5 wise limit the operating certificate for an adult care facility, the
 6 following shall apply:
 7 (a) The department shall provide copies of all written materials
 8 pertaining to the action including, but not limited to, the hearing
 9 notice and notice of charges served upon the operator of such facility
 10 to the governor, the office of the state comptroller, the office of the
 11 New York state attorney general, the justice center for the protection
 12 of people with special needs, and the members of the state assembly and
 13 the state senate representing the municipality in which the facility is
 14 located.
 15 (b) Copies of all written materials shall also be concurrently deliv-
 16 ered to the chief executive officer and the presiding officer of the
 17 local legislative body of each county, except a county wholly contained
 18 within a city, town or village in which the facility is located and, in
 19 a city with a population of one million or more, also to the community
 20 board in whose district the facility is located.
 21 (c) During the thirty-day period prior to the hearing date, the
 22 department shall post on its website:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06735-06-6

 S. 6959--A 2

 1 (i) a summary of the violations at the adult care facility;
 2 (ii) an explanation of the groups or individuals likely to be impacted
 3 by the closure; and
 4 (iii) a summary of the facility operator's plan to ensure continued
 5 care for all residents to be impacted.
 6 2. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of this
 7 section, the written materials provided in subdivision one of this
 8 section